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		matthewmacleod on Feb 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Court: David Miranda Detention Legal Under Terr... I dispute that RIPA is actually an "anti-terror" law in any way aside from popular description.

iamwithnail on Feb 19, 2014 [–]

I concur. RIPA was not about terror, especially when it was passed. It's a generally applicable law that's been mis-used in the name of 'security' and 'safety', in the same way that stop and search from PACE is.

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